A7. Mauryan Empire

Question 1

Name the state Chandragupta-I
got in dowry from the Licchavis

Answer 1

Pataliputra

Question 2

The Barabar Caves, the oldest
surviving rock-cut caves in India,
mostly belong to which of the
following periods

Answer 2

Mauryan Empire

Question 3

Megasthenes, a Greek historian
visited India in the reign of _____in
the 4th century B.C.

Answer 3

Chandragupta Maurya

Question 4

Who has written the book
“Arthashastra”

Answer 4

Kautilya

Question 5

Pallichchhandam

Answer 5

land donated to Jaina institutions

Question 6

Vajapeya

Answer 6

a Soma Yajna, which involves minor animal sacrifice. It is performed by the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas and is one of the greatest Soma yajnas of its kind

Question 7

Rajasuya

Answer 7

(Imperial Sacrifice or the king’s inauguration sacrifice) is a Srauta ritual of the Vedic religion. It is
a consecration of a king

Question 8

Ashvamedha

Answer 8

a horse sacrifice ritual
followed by the Śrauta tradition of
Vedic religion. It was used by ancient
Indian kings to prove their imperial
sovereignty in which a horse
accompanied by the king’s warriors
would be released to wander for a
period of one year

Question 9

Under Mauryan administration
the ‘Sitadhyaksha’ was the officer in
charge of

Answer 9

Agriculture